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Well, looks like Femia got the answer to her question from TAPS above...
That is very naughty Chiff Chiff making us all feel sad and sorry and then having a secretary as the other woman...
posted by
Cheerygirl
on January 14, 2011 at 12:23 PM
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Indeed Sir anything to do with emotion must be handled carefully.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM
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Well done Taps that took some doing, poor old secretaries take the knocks sometimes.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM
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SOUNDS LIKE A DANGEROUS JOB
posted by
Riversidepoet
on January 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM
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I was one of those secretaries long, long ago, actually 1960, who "took a letter" of that sort, and then could not type it up and mail it. Boss was juggling a wife and toddler in one hand and a pregnant co-worker in the other, while everyone in the office knew and gossiped and clucked their teeth. I pondered for some time, scrapped up my typed paper, tore my shorthand page into tiny pieces and walked out, for I liked them both--wife and mistress--and did not want to see how it ended.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 12, 2011 at 8:53 AM
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Don't worry Femia A muse can be more beautiful than a dream. A muse can whisper and charm the coldest heart. The secretary well she has retired, I think.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:48 AM
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Re: farewells are never easy, C.C......
Well it is a job to tell Rumor, I suppose one finds out more eventually. She keeps checking my blood pressure.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:41 AM
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Re: WHAT A PUSH OFF...DICTATED TOA SECRETARY...NOW THAT IS
I know Kabu I can be cruel at times, but I am only human, I think.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM
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Good Idea FS, Marilyn I think if she isn't yours.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:37 AM
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Please Shobana I wouldn't do that, is she still available?
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:35 AM
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Thank you Sir I like that
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM
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Well how could a poor man excuse himself Simone. Having raised hopes, I bet there are more dear John letters written to poor guys risking their lives. I'm not including you. I know you are sensitive and loyal .
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM
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Well can't be too dismal Sam one chick's loss is another chick's gain
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:23 AM
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Yes Lion and they seem so innocent dictating, but what is happening beneath the fevered brow,
posted by
C_C_T
on January 12, 2011 at 8:22 AM
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That last stanza took me by surprise and changed the tone of the work so completely that I was left with a rueful smile
posted by
lionreign
on January 12, 2011 at 8:07 AM
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Just the secretary? lol I thought this was very poignant for the feeling of one were very revealing but then the end changes the scope for me and I simply smile; it is about life in one form or another! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 12, 2011 at 5:19 AM
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hmmmmm for a dear Jane letter this was very good :-) but having the "secretary" write it ???? That is rubbing salt in the wound! Good writing! xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on January 11, 2011 at 9:47 PM
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Nice rhymes!
God Bless!n
posted by
dougspoetry
on January 11, 2011 at 9:44 PM
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Well I am a bit disappointed that the secretary was writing it..I might just ask the "swedish marque" if she would consider a secretarial position CC. Right now she is a model. I think you got the readers into a frustating mood and then let them off fuming ..lol Very Clever poem.
posted by
shobana
on January 11, 2011 at 6:38 PM
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The secretary brings in another dynamic to this poem. A creative idea to bring her into it this way.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 11, 2011 at 3:46 PM
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WHAT A PUSH OFF...DICTATED TOA SECRETARY...NOW THAT IS
DIFFERENT.
posted by
Kabu
on January 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM
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What??? cold --- I feel the shades of ice on this one --- having the letter dictated? Now, really couldn't he have least dipped his ink to write on the page? Actually this was so sad and forlorn and well, it touched me all but the ending - suckered me right in. Good write by the way, ChCh ~
E.E.
posted by
elysianfields
on January 11, 2011 at 2:16 PM
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farewells are never easy, C.C......
don't you think you should have kept a few of those stars as a rememberance?.
... And I'd watch that secretary of yours (hey, not too closely) as she sounds just too good to be true.
..
posted by
Rumor
on January 11, 2011 at 12:11 PM
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CC
Reading this brought tears to my eyes as I felt I was stopped in my heart to know what it is to be no more a muse in ones life then I realized how your writing tell the truth of life itself and how it feels real as one reads your every words written. WOW! I wonder what the secretary would say? Femia
posted by
fememefeme
on January 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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